Editor -- In Wednesday's Chronicle staff writer Elaine Herscher wrote
that Alice B. Toklas's ``cannabis-spiked brownies'' made her famous.
Not true. Ms. Toklas's recipe was for haschich (sic) fudge, ``which
anyone could whip upon a rainy day.'' She cautioned, however, that
``it should be eaten with care.''

Herb Caen made the same error in his column many years ago, and after
I pointed this out to him he wrote that he ``would question whether
it's fudge at all, the ingredients being peppercorns, nutmeg,
cinnamon, coriander, stoned dates (``was Miss Toklas making a joke
here?'' Herb asked), etc.'' Ms. Toklas is equally well-known for not
being the author of her own autobiography.

ROBERT ORNDUFF,
Berkeley